Most racist presidents of all time?
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Oh no...you aren't developing a "man crush" on the guy are you? If so my high opinion of you just hit the skids...
Well done. I have respect for honesty. I disagree that they are inferior, but I commend your admission.
I’m not going to go over the same tired ground that hundreds of others have covered to refute this foolishness. Even the trolls know that many millions of people who used to vote for Democrats switched parties after the various civil rights acts were passed in the ’60s under a Democratic majority. While they deny there was ever such a thing as the “Southern Strategy,” and pretend that racist appeals for votes never happened,that’s also a documented fact and they know that too.
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/10/dem...tic_insulting_response_to_charges_of_bigotry/
If you're going to stand by an opinion piece that bases it's facts on non-truths you'd better learn to do some research beforehand.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/loans.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/loans.asp
Here are a few surprising facts about how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law:
1. More Republicans voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act than Democrats
In the 1960s, Congress was divided on civil rights issues -- but not necessarily along party lines.
"Most people don't realize that today at all -- in proportional terms, a far higher percentage of Republicans voted for this bill than did Democrats, because of the way the Southerners were divided," said Purdum.
2. A fiscal conservative became an unsung hero in helping the Act pass
Ohio's Republican Rep. William McCulloch had a conservative track record -- he opposed foreign and federal education aid and supported gun rights and school prayer. His district (the same one now represented by House Speaker John Boehner) had a small African-American population. So he had little to gain politically by supporting the Civil Rights Act.
Yet he became a critical leader in getting the bill passed.
His ancestors opposed slavery even before the Civil War, and he'd made a deal with Kennedy tosee thebill through to passage.
"The Constitution doesn't say that whites alone shall have our most basic rights, but that we all shall have them,"McCulloch would say to fellow legislators.
Later, he would play a key role in the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act and become part of the Kerner Commission, appointed by the Johnson administration to investigate the 1967 race riots.
Kennedy's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, wrote him an "emotional" letter when he retired from Congress in 1972.
"You made a personal commitment to President Kennedy in October 1963, against all interests of your district," she wrote. "There were so many opportunities to sabotage the bill, without appearing to do so, but you never took them. On the contrary, you brought everyone else along with you."
5. A segregationist congressman's attempt to kill the bill backfired
Virginia's Democratic Rep. Howard W. Smith was a staunch segregationist and strongly opposed the Civil Rights Act.
Smith, who was chairman of the House Rules Committee, came up with many tactics to discourage the passage of the bill's Title VII, which would outlaw employment discrimination because of race, color, religion or national origin.
When Smith added the word "sex," the House reportedly laughed out loud. The ploy was Smith's attempt to quash support among the chamber's male chauvinists on the grounds that the bill would protect women's rights in the workplace, according to Clay Risen in his book "The Bill of the Century."
Despite resistance, and complex motives, the act eventually passed, laying the groundwork for legal battles to ensure equal employment opportunities for women.
And whether he intended to or not, Smith ended up helping to set the stage for modern feminism.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/politics/civil-rights-act-interesting-facts/
I would say that Obama has been the most dividing president of all time. He had so much promise to heal the country, he could have said "Look, a black man can become president of our country, get over your racism excuse", instead he threw gasoline on the fire.
Ummm...it's proof that even today, there are people who will make the claim that there are basic biological/genetic differences that make one race superior to another. Which was the argument. So it's directly on point as proof.
Other than that...nope...you're still wrong.
I believe it is true in a bell curve sort of way that each race TENDS to impart various strengths and weaknesses compared to other races, but that doesn't mean a white guy can't be an NBA star or a black guy can't be a pediatric neurosurgeon.
That's not saying that any race is superior to another. It's just saying that everyone is different. The different strengths and weakness (on average) are what makes diversity a strength for our entire society.
But of course, even daring to have such a conversation is akin to talking about drowning puppies, so we'll never be able to actually have a real conversation about this.
